812 F.

2d 1401
Unpublished Disposition

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of

unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
Circuit.
Johnny Joseph HEAD, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
D.O. O'DEA, Superintendent, Attorney General of the State
of North Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 86-6790.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 31, 1986.
Decided Feb. 6, 1987.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of
North Carolina, at Statesville. Woodrow W. Jones, District Judge. (C/A
No. 86-111-ST-C).
Johnny Joseph Head, appellant pro se.
Lacy H. Thornburg, Office of the Attorney General, for appellees.
W.D.N.C.
DISMISSED.
Before HALL, MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

A review of the record and the district court's opinion discloses that an appeal
from its order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254

would be without merit. Because the dispositive issues recently have been
decided authoritatively, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal,
dispense with oral argument, and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the
district court. Head v. O'Dea, C/A No. 86-111-ST-C (W.D.N.C., Oct. 15,
1986).
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DISMISSED.